Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-02-14
STRIkERS GETTING THKIB OLD
PLACES.
Some EmplSycr~. However. Refuse 20
Have Antthing tS De with ThcsM.

some Employers. However. Refuse 20
Have Anything t~ De with Thcsss.
NEw YORK, Feb lL-There was not much OF a
rush on the part OF the strikers get back 20 work
to-day for the reason that many OF the companies
having piers along the river front have refused %
take back the old hands. The Harlem railroad
e aou Int New York city and Northern and the
lehnsy " ania ompanies have given orders that
none OF the new hands shall be turned away as
.olN as they are competent 60 do the work and
hand al some piers the
,- STRIKERS HAVE GONE Rack IN A BODY,
tsrne an q. maiy others the old hands are being
~ oHI th pSek I, quietly and Individually Mr. Dallas
" -, onc Ieeu ~ line, put all his old men nj work
THIS morning. He said that ne preferred his old
"al 70 D ,ne pogr specimens Of humanity who had
oeen put on during the strike TO nll up the gap.
lie had compact with his men. something IKE
that which existed between the brewers and their
men. None or his men went out of their own free
viii, but simply because the knights OF Labor
ordered them gut. AT the Clyde line docks many
9l 0 .ie olo men are back, but not as union men.
Inc same rule Is adopted at the Mallory and Ward
lines The Baltimore and Ohio dock az pier lS
hast rlVer, hiss none but Italians at work the
that none OF the strikers be given WORK.
Thomas Hogah and Sons. one OF the Largest firms
strikers back pt fun rates The points covered by
this firm include piers on the East and North
rivers OF New York the piers at the Atlantic and
Union DOCKS, at MARTINS and ROblnSon'S stores
Brooklyn, ana the big oil docks at Bayonne, New
Jersey. Al many OF The piers where the order has
been given NOT to employ strikers or reCognize the
union many regular Iongshoremen have found
employment, Dut II Is on the representation that
they are not connected with the union. The men
go where thCg are not known 10 get work. and this
accounts for ;he rapid disappearance of Italians
ana other foreigners from the river front during
the past lew days.
AN ATTEMFT no CAUSE TROUBLE
among the finmen and coal pasSers some of the
coastw1se lines YESTERDAY and the day previous
proved failure. The coal-passers ana flr,men on
the Ward line pier struck just as the steamer sara
toga was throwing on her lines. The men, how
ever had signed the ships articles ana were there
fore Liable 70 be proceeded against Tor mutiny
This measure being Threatened they returned 10
work In preference 10 being placed IN irons. The
vessel then Proceeded To three hours late. Tine
fremen on the Clyde line steamer lemassee also
left their vessel as tie whistle was blowing fos
the boat TO leave the dock. Men from two other
boats were promptly put un board, and the delay
was not more than one hour. On the Mallory DOCK
four firemen quit work on the Carondeet.
THE FIRST COAL MOVED AT HIIZABETHroRT.
EIIZkBETHroRT, y. y, Feb. l4.-The first coal
that has been handled at Ezabethport since the
strike began was handled this morning. The old
hands rerusea the offer OF the Lehgh Coal and
Navigation ana the Central Railroad companies
To go back at 20 cents per hour. steamer with
men from New York arrived to-day ana "A small
force began loading coal on the Lehigh coInpanHs
docks. The coal was frozen solid IN the cars and
progress was. slow. The strikers keep away irOm
the docks ana no violence Is feared. An eifgy
bearing the Inscr1ption: "llang all scabs," was
suspended frsn bridge near the docks.